Varna Notes From June 1914 Social Roundup
Varna society pages recount visits and calls by Mrs E Berresford Mrs Stevenson Mrs Bailey of Portland and others. Local residents travel to Peoria Bloomington To luca Sumner and Odell while Edwin Ide and John Norton engage in errands and electric wiring. A daughter suffers pneumonia while others enjoy family visits and summer vacations. A Chamberlain advertisement and local obituaries add to the community snapshot.
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Varna
E. Berresford
Stevenson
Toluca
Picketts
Dr Bailey
Portland
Oregon
Alice McCulloch
Mary E Smith
Gus Johnson
Rock Island
A. R. Wright
R. D. McCulloch
Peoria
Emma Whetzel
Sumner
Orrin
Pearl Rogers
Wm. Rogers
Otto Peterson
August Hall
Aifé
Lara Gantz
Wenona
Willie Wright
Anna Whetzel
Ralph McCulloch
Bloomington
George Copeland
Dent Ide
Odell
Fannie Ide
John Norton
Forbes & Barr
Lacon
Clarence Axline
Wemons
Emma Louise Lenz
Pauline Quiram
Sparland
Woman Recovers After Lydia E Pinkham remedy
A Philadelphia woman describes severe displacement inflammation and back pain. After taking six bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound she reports improved health and no longer suffers major trouble and pain. She recommends the product to other stiff women.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
S. Vegetable. Com
Lydia
Local notes parade through Lozant in late May updates
May 24 brought a newborn daughter to William Myers and wife. locals report visits, travels, and events from church, school, and town meetings. notable items include bicycle restrictions, church occupancy, luncheon after O E S initiation, and a juried trip with Governor Dunne and state groups.
Dr King's New Discovery for Coughs and Colds
Coughs and Colds Weaken the System. Get a 50c bottle of Dr. King's New Discovery today. The first dose helps and it is good for children. Ad. with testimonial from Muscatine, Ala., praising its life-saving effects during hot months. 50c and 1.00. Recommended by A. J. Ironmonger and T. J. Sexraves.
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Dr. King
C. H. Brown
Muscatine
Ala
New State Bank Rising In Granville
Granville Echo reports a new state bank under construction and nearing occupancy in July to add a further business asset to the town. Winnie Young departs for a 12 week course in domestic defense and music in Muncie Indiana to boost local usefulness. Katie Pletsch underwent appendicitis surgery at Spring Valley hospital three weeks ago and died from complications. LT GC W Hackman, living four miles south, visited town for the first time in 75 days, noting rural life and familiar neighbors amid reflections on work and community.
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Winnie Young
Muncie
Ind
Katie Pletsch
Spring Valley Hospital
GC. W. Hackman
Termain
Death of George W. Greiner at Miller Park Bloomington
Obituary notes George William Greiner born July 18 1869 in Hennepin died May 28 1914 in Bloomington of heart failure aged 44. He married Irma Boyle in 1890 and left three children Frances May William Earl and Vergne Stanley with four sisters and a brother. He was active in church and fraternal groups and was mourned by a large circle of friends.
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George W. Greiner
Granville Echo
George Greiner
Miller Park
Bloomington
Tonica Exchange Bank
George
L. F .Boyle
Hennepin Township
Tonica
Fio
Ryo
Hennepin
George William Greiner
Charles B
Sophia Greiner
Irma Boyle
Frances May
William Earl
Vergne Stanley
Lottie Zenor
Ida Patterson
Annie Eddy
Jennie Markley
Tonia
Local headlines from Toluca area report travel plans and business updates
Mrs Clara B Fort and Miss Annie Bellows of Lacon plan to sail for Europe on June 6, making about three trips yearly. Toluca merchants fund oiling of business streets. O R Wilson opens a Dana butcher shop after leaving Venona Light and Power. Wenona appoints W N Burdell as station agent, replacing F D Scoville. Mrs Chris Jacobson near Chillicothe loses barn and sheds to fire. Miss Margaret Hunter graduates in Chicago. her parents travel for the event. Davis Grain Co opens in La Rose with G T Stevenson manager, aiding farmers. Mrs Lula Jacobs dies at Wesley hospital after swallowing poison. George Sheldon and Frank Harod, previously implicated in a Varna robbery, are jailed in Joliet. Berry farm house burns near Toluca. Jacob Bigenbrod loses household goods. fire blamed on chimney defect. insurance covers half the loss.
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Vicinity
Clara B. Fort
Annie Bellows
Lacon
Europe
Toluca
O R. Wilson
Venona Light & Power Co
Dana
WN Burdell
McLean
Wenona
Chicago & Aton Road
F. D. Scoville
Dwight
Chris Jacobson
Chillicothe
BE F Hunter
Russell
Chicago
Margaret Hunter
Davis Grain Co
la Rose
G. T Stevenson
Lula Jacobs
Rutland
Wesley Hospital
Stateler & Peterson
Varna
Joliet
Berry Farm
Jacob Bigenbrod
Men Who Make Up State Supreme Court
Biographical sketches of seven Illinois Supreme Court justices. Profiles include George A. Cook born 1869 in Ohio and chief justice. James H. Cartwright born 1842 in Iowa with Civil War service. William M. Warmer born 1853 in Fayette County Illinois. Alonzo K. Kickers of Massac County with 1877 practice and later editorial stint.
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Supreme Court of Illinois
Supreme Court
Supreme Bench
Minois
George A. Cook
Ohio
Mercer County
Illinois
Knox College
Galesburg
Guy C Scott
Scott
James H. Cartwright
Iowa
Mt. Morris Seminary
University of Michigan
Supreme’ Court
William M. Warmer
Fayette County
Flllinois
Union College, of Law
Vandaliaz
Strato Pense
Alonzo K
Kickers
Massac County
Tilfoots
Ool
Ratsonate Tate
Serrate
Illinois Justices and Officials Rise Through Courts and Posts
A biographical sketch covers Orrin N Carter and peers from Illinois, detailing careers from law practice in Vienna to service on circuit, appellate, and supreme courts. It notes Carter's rise from New York birthplace to Wheaton College, Chicago law study, and roles as county official, Sanitary District attorney, and Cook County bench member culminating in a supreme court appointment in 1906. It also mentions other judges' educations, positions, and a report on Postmaster General Burleson listing modern federal appointments and office counts.
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l'Vienna
Johnson County
Ilinois
Ottawa
Supreme Court
Orrin N Carter
Jefferson County
New York
DuPage County
Illinois
Wheaton College
Chicago
Tuley
Grundy County
A. L. Doud
Ohio
Kenyon College
Harvard Law School
Charleston
Wilkin
Charles C Craig
Knox County
Knox College
Annapolis N Naval Academy
Stevenson
Wesleyan Law School
Galesburg
Forty-first General Assembly
Supreme Bench
John P. Hand
Alfred M Craig
Dean's Kidney Pills Advertised For Henry Man's Kidney Trouble
Henry Tumney of Third Avenue Henry suffered lame back severer pains across kidneys and urinary trouble. He credits Dean's Kidney Pills from Be graves Drug Store with relief and urges others not to neglect kidneys. Buffalo N Y.
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Henry
Saya John Tumney
Dean
Begraves
Tamey
Buffalo
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